World | Iman al-Obeidi Libyan Rape Accuser Moves to US Iman al-Obeidi gets asylum; told media Gadhafi forces assaulted her By Matt Cantor Posted Jul 29, 2011 3:10 AM CDT Copied Hands from hotel employees trying to grab her, and foreign journalist attempting to protect her, surround Iman al-Obeidi, right, after she showed her wounds to the press. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay) The woman who burst into a media breakfast to say she’d been gang-raped by Moammar Gadhafi’s forces has arrived in the US, where she’s been granted asylum, CNN reports. Iman al-Obeidi flew into New York following 54 days in a UN refugee camp in Romania; she then took another flight to her new US home. Saying she was excited to be here, al-Obedi thanked the government and Hillary Clinton and said she hoped someday to meet the secretary of state. Read These Next Kate McKinnon shares her weird medical condition. She walked out on her gig due to JD Vance, doesn't regret it. Trump loses another legal fight to E. Jean Carroll. Baltimore QB 'forgot where I was' and shoved an opposing fan. Report an error